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hawkish

adjective

  1. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

    "The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion."

    Similar: bellicose

  2. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.

    "The Federal Reserve's recent statement on the slowing of inflation was interpreted as hawkish by the market."

Synonymsbellicose
Antonymsdovish, dovish

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